The Rock had it all planned out as
RAW opened live on Monday night. The People's Champion declared
that he would not face Booker T as planned, but he would choose
his own opponent for the evening. The Great One thought he would
skate to an easy victory over The Hurricane, but his match
against the self-proclaimed superhero turned into a disaster once
Stone Cold Steve Austin arrived at ringside.

The Texas Rattlesnake's mere
presence was enough to unnerve and distract The Rock. The
Hurricane took advantage and rolled The Rock up for the pinfall!
While exiting, Stone Cold mocked The Rock, who was clearly ticked
off like never before. All The Great One could do, though, was
stew while Stone Cold delivered a middle-finger salute!

Stone Cold was in a bad mood from
the start. Upon arriving at the arena, he discovered that Eric
Bischoff wanted to bury the hatchet with him. But the Rattlesnake
would have none of that. Before Stone Cold could start beating
the RAW general manager, The Rock stopped him and promised to
conquer the Rattlesnake at WrestleMania. Stone COld tried to goad
Rock into a fight, but he had to settle for beating the hell out
of Bischoff instead!

Shawn Michaels responded to Chris
Jericho's challenge for a match at WrestleMania loudly and
clearly. Shortly after getting a win over Kane Rob Van Dam in a
tag team match, Jericho was met with Sweet Chin Music that
crumpled him to the floor! HBK then stood over Y2J and said that
the two would face off in Seattle!

Booker T was confronted by Ric
Flair in the ring, and was told by the Nature Boy that he should
meet Triple H next week as his plane lands in St. Louis for RAW.
That way, Flair said, Booker could carry their bags and chauffer
them around because that was something he was qualified to do.
Booker showed that he's also qualified to kick ass as he leveled
Flair on the spot! He then ventured to the locker room where
Triple H flicked a dollar his way and told the Bookerman to get
him a towel. Instead, The Game was treated to a beating!